Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF

BRIEFING:
Revolutionary SCBA Pressure Vessel Technology
months Ben has been managing the IAFF sponsored low-profile SCBA prototype development
project. Ben has been with MSA for over 11 years and has previously worked as a Product Design
Engineer for Air Purifying Respirators and as a Process Engineer and Quality Engineering Co-op
at MSA's Murrysville, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility. Ben currently serves as Secretary on
the NFPA Technical Committee for Structural and Proximity Fire Fighting Protective Clothing and
Equipment and actively participates on several other NFPA committees.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Kettering University in
Flint Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dana Brooks
Captain
10010 Old Indian Head Rd
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772-7976
240-681-3441
dana_brooks@earthlink.net
Background:
Dana Brooks has lived most of her life in Prince George’s County, graduating with honors from
Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communications
from Towson University and an Associate’s Degree in Allied Health from Prince George’s Community
College. After spending over 10 years in the corporate world of power lunches, travel, expense
accounts, and private parking, she resolved within herself the need for a change. This change
landed her in the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department in the year 2000. This change also
fulfilled her desire to work within the community where all her efforts could have an immediate
positive impact. Since entering the field nearly ten years ago, Ms. Brooks has had the opportunity
to work with the Fire Chief’s office on special projects; she obtained her county certification as
a paramedic; she has become a nationally certified Peer Fitness Trainer for the Department; and
she was recently promoted to Fire Captain, currently assigned to the PGFD Fire Training Academy
as an instructor.
Lieutenant Brooks participated in the IAFF evaluation of this new technology, as well as the pilot
Fire Ground Survival training program last year. Since then, she has been part of the IAFF Health
and Safety Team to help bring you the best possible end-product.
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